(A/N) Hello everyone! Chapter eight is here, and it's the second part in the two part battle. Thank you to anonymous (Rosie), Suzurin, and kilala223 for reviewing! Suzurin, you were close about the names, but not quite. First of all, the Gyarados' name is actually 'Nami', not 'Tsunami'. Sorry about that confusion. Anyhoo, some old characters are coming back in this chaper. Read on to see who!

Also, I made a slight change to chapter 5. It was a one sentance addition, but it was important. Ah! Not important enought to have to go back and re-read the chapter, though. Sorry. I just thought I would mention that.

Disclaimer: I do not own Pokémon. It would be awesome if I did, but I don't. I don't own the characters either, with the exception of Anna, Cain, Damian, and Amy. There might be other minor characters that I create as well. Oh! The plot is mine too. If there is semblance to someone else's plot, it was completely unintentional.


Chapter 8: Power Play

Nami was one of my most powerful Pokémon. I knew even before she evolved from a Magikarp that she would be one of my most powerful. Normally, Magikarp can only learn the attacks splash and tackle, but Nami was special. I managed to teach her how to use water gun and bubble. Now, she had an extremely wide range of attacks that made her a force to be reckoned with.

I looked across the field to see Cain's reaction. He stood there, mouth agape. He knew that his Starmie was getting tired, and that it couldn't last very long against Nami. My vision began to blur again, so I decided to get on with the match.

"Nami, use hydro pump," I said. She blasted water from her mouth, hitting the Starmie dead-on and knocking it against Cain's platform. He yelped from being brought back to reality.

"S-starmie, recover!" he gasped, evidently in shock from the sudden attack. However, Starmie did not use recover. Instead, it turned around to face Cain. "What are you doing?" he spat, beginning to regain composure. "Recover!" Starmie did nothing. My earlier strategy had worked! I decided to put him out of his misery and explain.

"Silly Cain," I began. "Haven't you ever heard of the attack amnesia?" He blinked at me.

"Yes... but that affects the user, not the opponent," he replied.

"Maybe so, but you also have to remember who you're dealing with here. After he used hyper beam on the water, I told Red to use amnesia. You're right, it normally does affect the user, but with some extreme training and a little, okay, a lot, of luck, it will affect the opponent," I explained. "Starmie has forgotten how to use recover." Cain gawked at me. I continued, "Alright, Nami, let's finish this! Use another hydro pump!" She obeyed, and shortly after, the judge deemed Starmie unable to battle. Cain recalled it. The announcer was being a madman. Again.

"It looks like Greenfield may be able to make a comeback! However, she still has only one Pokémon left, while Cain Eveere has two left, neither of which has entered the battle yet. Greenfield is at a huge disadvantage!" Oh, we'll see about that. He continued, "What will Eveere's next Pokémon be?"

"You want to use Gyarados, huh? Alright, I'll use a Gyarados too! Go!" He tossed his own Pokéball into the water. From it emerged, of course, a Gyarados. Alright, I could work with that.

"Hmm, looks like we were both planning to use a Gyarados. Well, you know what they say. Great minds think alike," I said. I paused for dramatic effect. "So, tell me. Who told you to use Gyarados?" Cain scowled. I heard a person in the crowd shout 'Ouch buuurn!' Most likely it was the same person that shouted out earlier in the battle. "Enough talk," I finally stated. "Let's battle."

"That, I have to agree to," Cain muttered through clenched teeth.

"Alright, Nami! Show us your twister!" Nami created an incredible twister, and because it was on the water, it became a kind of water cyclone. It roared around the field, lifting up the floating platforms and tossing them effortlessly aside. It continued to tear around, before engulfing Cain's Gyarados. It stopped spinning to reveal his Gyarados seemingly uninjured. I knew better though. Even with my blurred vision, I could tell that it was in pain.

"You actually think that that would have any effect on my Gyarados. Yours may be your 'secret weapon' or whatever, but mine is just as tough," Cain sneered. I rolled my eyes.

"It's not your strongest," I pointed out calmly. "It's not your strongest because I already defeated your Starmie." He snarled at me. Tough luck, but he couldn't argue with my logic. Unless he could pull an electric-type on me, I had this battle in the bag. And I highly doubted that he had even considered an electric-type. He hadn't expected me to get passed his Starmie.

"Argh! I don't care if it's not my strongest, I'm still gonna win!" he shouted. It was easy to tell I was getting on his nerves. "Gyarados, use dragon dance!" Dragon dance? I didn't know what the heck that was. His Gyarados began to writhe and twist above the water, and it was then that I remembered what that person back in Cerulean City had told me as they battled my newly evolved Gyarados.

During the battle, Nami had begun to move much in this same fashion. When I asked her what she was doing, the person I was battling said, "Dragon dance. It's a passive attack that raises the user's speed and attack power." Cain's Gyarados was raising its attack power? That wasn't good.

"That's enough, Gyarados," Cain whispered. His Gyarados stopped making the unusual movements. "Use hyper beam." Uh oh. I had to do something fast or this battle would be over.

"Counter it with your own hyper beam!" I called, hoping that Nami would still be fast enough to react in time. I felt myself crossing my fingers behind my back. The two hyper beams were released at the exact same time and collided in the center of the field with an incredible amount of force. I was almost glad that my vision was blurry or I would have had to shield them from the light.

The force of the hyper beams pushed back and forth for a moment. It all depended on which Pokémon was strongest and could hold out the longest. Both Pokémon made one last desperate push with their power and the hyper beams exploded. Neither Cain nor I was going to call another command until we saw the results. The smoke from the explosion began to clear, but just as I was beginning to be able to see things again, a thick, black, smoke covered the field. I heard a woman's voice ring out.

"Prepare for trouble!" she shouted.

"And make it double!" a male joined in. The smoke was clearing up a little by this point, and my vision along with it. I could see a woman and a man standing on a large robot in the middle of the field (yes, it was in the water). I took a closer look and realized that they were the snack vendors that had been so interested in my Pokémon!

"To protect the world from devastation!" the woman continued.

"To unite all peoples within our nation!" the man added, holding up a rose.

"To denounce the evils of truth and love!"

"To extend our reach to the stars above!"

"Jessie!" the woman yelled, jumping into the air.

"James!" the man cried out his own name, jumping after his comrade.

"Team Rocket blast off at the speed of light!"

"Surrender now, or prepare to fight!" I raised an eyebrow at the two of them. Things got even weirder when a Meowth jumped up to stand in front of them.

"Meowth, dat's right!" it added to the end of the motto. I felt my mouth fall open. I pointed at the Meowth.

"Th-that Meowth just talked," I stammered. I was too preoccupied with the fact that the Meowth was talking to notice that they had said they were from Team Rocket. Cain hit his forehead with his palm.

"What are you three bozos doing here?" he sighed. The woman, Jessie, turned to face him.

"Ah!" she happily cried. "Mr. Eveere! How nice to see you. Well, we're the ones who have been assigned to track the twerp trio!" That was when it clicked in my head that they were members of Team Rocket. Despite that, Cain didn't look too thrilled to see them. I turned my attention away from the Meowth and addressed Jessie.

"Hey!" I shouted. "The last thing I need right now is more of you guys!" They all ignored me. The man, James, sat down and protested to Jessie.

"I hate having to take orders from a kid," he muttered, motioning toward Cain. The Meowth sat with him, nodding. Jessie hit the two over the head with a fan.

"Listen you two, it's a good thing that he's a higher-up, because it means he can promote us. If we can show him how easily we can take that twerpette's Pokémon, he might give us a pay raise," she explained.

"Twerpette!?" I protested. It was now that the trio took notice of me.

"Ah, yes! Time to get going!" Jessie shouted. "Go, Arbok!" she cried, throwing a Pokéball.

"You better be ready too, Weezing!" James added. A Weezing floated down to stop next to him. I guess that was the source of the smoke. I blinked at them.

"Enough of these clowns," I muttered. "Hey, Cain, let's get on with the match!"

"Good idea."

"Hey, don't ignore us!" all three of the Rockets yelled.

"Hey! Team Rocket!"

"Won't you three ever learn?"

"Yeah, mind your own business!" I turned around to see that the voices these outbursts belonged to were Ash, Misty, and Brock. All three were standing. I located the trench coat trio again. One of the men in the trio was covering his face with his palm while the other two patted his back. Okay then.

"Alright, Pikachu, are you ready to make them blast off again?" Ash continued. But, he never got a chance to do anything. It was at that moment when a whole team of Officer Jennies strode onto the field and arrested the trio, removing them and the robot.

"It looks like Team Rocket's getting carted away..." all three of them groaned. I cleared my throat.

"Okay, um, are you ready to get on with the match?" I asked Cain.

"Um, sure." We both braced ourselves, neither wanting to make the first move.

"Dragon rage!" we finally shouted simultaneously. The storm like attack whirled around for a long time. Cain and I watched nervously. Whichever Gyarados had more stamina would win this battle. I hoped that it was mine. I heard the announcer shouting again.

"After that brief distraction, this battle is back underway! Wow, that's some real power play going on down there right now. I have a feeling that only one of those Pokémon is going to make it through that attack!" The smoke cleared once more, revealing the winner of the Gyarados duel. It was Nami! I cheered, but my joy was short-lived, because I remembered that I still had to defeat one more Pokémon of Cain's. I wondered who he would choose. He smiled.

"Just like you saved the best for last, so did I," he murmured. "I choose my most powerful Pokémon, Ditto!" I blinked.

"I thought Starmie was your most powerful," I pointed out. He laughed.

"My most powerful water-type, actually," he reminded me. "Alright, Ditto, transform!" Ditto began to glow as it took on another shape. "Contrary to popular belief," Cain began. "Ditto can transform into any Pokémon it's met before." I watched as the Ditto transformed itself into a large Venusaur. "Ditto, use solar beam!" Oh, shoot.

"Get under the water!" I called to Nami. She was getting tired, and I don't think she could handle a powerful attack like solar beam. She slid under the water and the beam missed. I sighed with relief. I had to think of something, and fast. I suddenly remembered that Nami had an extremely wide move pool. Cain may have had a fresh Pokémon, but I had the element of surprise. "Come back up!" Nami rose out of the water again. Cain laughed.

"You just put your Pokémon into the line of fire!" he stated. I couldn't help it. I laughed.

"Line of fire, huh Cain? You couldn't have been more correct." He was looking confused now. "Nami!" I called. "Use fire blast!" Cain's mouth dropped open. The fire blast was a direct hit.

"T-transform!" Cain cried, desperate to get out of the bad situation. The Ditto/Venusaur glowed and shifted into a smaller shape. It stopped glowing to reveal a Raichu. Alright, I could work with that. Wait, Raichu was an electric type. Not good. "Ditto, use thunder!"

"Get out of the water, Nami! Quickly!" Nami got out as fast as she could. The thunder attack hit its mark. I flinched, expecting Nami to go down. She surprised everyone, though, by withstanding the attack. I decided to surprise Cain again. "Nami, use earthquake!" She shot back into the water and the entire stadium began to shake. The Ditto/Raichu wobbled and fell over, transforming back into Ditto. It wasn't finished, though. It began to transform again, this time into an Alakazam. Nami bit it before it could make a move. It reverted back into Ditto.

The battle went like this for a long time. Ditto would transform into different Pokémon, and Nami would use an attack, usually one that Gyarados don't normally learn. Eventually, both Cain and I stopped ordering commands to breathe a little. I could feel the anticipation boiling around the stadium. I finally decided it was time to take this Ditto out before it could transform again

"Alright Nami, let's finish this," I called, beginning the final command. "Use hyper beam!" The hyper beam blasted out of Nami's mouth and hit its mark on the Ditto. Ditto slumped to the ground. The judge ran over. A hush fell over the crowd. Everyone was holding there breath. After a moment of tension that felt like forever, the judge straightened up.

He raised the green flag.

"Ditto is unable to battle! Gyarados wins the battle, and the match goes to Amy Greenfield!" Pandemonium ensued. The crowd was going nuts. The announcer was going mad. And I was going to round five! Cain didn't share my excitement, though. He recalled his Ditto and clenched his fists.

"I'll show you..." he snarled under his breath. "I'll show all of you, what a Rocket can do!" He pitched another Pokéball into the air. From it emerged a Charizard. Cain leaped onto its back and pointed at me. "I'll teach you to mess with me, Amy! Charizard, use flamethrower!" I blinked. This would be good. He was attacking a water-type with a fire-type attack. I rolled my eyes, laughed, and issued my own command.

"Nami, one last attack! Use hydro pump!" I cried. The hydro pump blasted through the flamethrower and threw the Charizard backwards. Cain bit his lip. I think he knew it was time to retreat. He ordered his Charizard to fly away.

"This isn't the last you've heard of me, Amy! And don't think I'll be letting you off so easy next time!" And then he was gone. I sighed with relief, recalled Nami, and sank to the ground. Alice ran up to me.

"Well, we did it. It took a while but we finally did it," I laughed. So the two of us sat there laughing, enjoying our brief moment alone before the reporter arrived.


Well, there it is! -sighs with relief- Glad I finished that battle. Anyhoo, I would not reccomend trying some of these things in the games, i.e. the amnesia trick. Anyway, be on the lookout for chapter 9. Review, please!